by Wallace Anne Cloud | Mar 2, 2018 | Skidmore College
This past week was an incredible important one for the Supreme Court, particularly in the area of immigration, and concluded in a frightening loss of rights for legal immigrants. After several years of delays, Jennings v. Rodriguez was finally reversed in a 5-3...
by Woeser Dolma | Mar 1, 2018 | Skidmore College
The Supreme Court ruled against immigration rights with a 5-3 rule that non-citizens, and permanent residents will face deportation and the immigrants are not required to have a bond hearing if they have been held in detention for more than six months. “Supreme Court...
by Sarah Stradling | Feb 22, 2018 | Ohio State University
The 1993 National Voter Registration Act has served as the basis of the United States’ voter registry for the past 25 years, but one factor has recently come under scrutiny and is up for a Supreme Court decision: can voters be removed from the registry after a period...
by Alexander Henshaw-Greene | Sep 27, 2017 | Boston University
Stealth Authoritarianism, as expressed by Ozan Varol, refers to regime practices that make a country less democratic without outright violating laws or repressing opposition. Varol writes that stealth authoritarianism emerged as a result of internationally mandated...
